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1958
Aulis Blomstedt
The Problem of Architectural Form
The topic I have chosen – the problem of
architectural form – is such an extensive one that I shall be able only to
throw a limited amount of light upon it within the framework of a short lecture.
However, it is of major importance because it is one of the k... more ...
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page146from Nordic Architects Writes
temple, which is mainly intended to be seen
from the outside (interior is really only a superfluous empty space lighted
only through the entrance) – that represents the preliminary stages on the
route to the flowing, dynamic sense of space which is expressed so consummately
in his mezzanined villa interiors. In the Gothic cathedral the eye is not drawn
exclusively to the absorbing vertical movement of the nave; one also seeks out,
between a forest of columns, the side aisles, the transept, the rich garland of
chapels surrounding the choir, and everywhere a bewildering wealth of
perspectives is perceived, a stimulating play of light and shadow. And how
typical of Baroque that the splendid, imposing stairwell became the favourite
subject o... more ...
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page145from Nordic Architects Writes
its magnificent and complete symmetry
(every idea is presented of necessity more or less “symmetrically”), a worthy
latter-day descendant of the ideal towns of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries: the arrangement of the lamellar housing is a direct reminder of
Jacques Perret’s ideal project.
However,
though Le Corbusier’s greatest significance may have been as a preacher, one
should not forget that he was at the same time a superb architect, worthy of
inclusion in the ranks of great masters of the past. In the world of
architecture one seldom gets such an impression of intensive purity, clearness
and lightn... more ...
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page144from Nordic Architects Writes
distinctions, resulting in a sort of
spiritual “thermical death”. Something of that sort is already discernible in
the common Hellenistic culture of the Mediterranean countries during late Classicism,
and there the area was both limited and, geographically speaking, fairly
uniform. Take architecture as an example. An “international” architecture is
already something unnatural for the simple reason that the world is not the
same all over. The cupola roofs on the bazaar buildings of the Eastern
Mediterranean countries are as naked as Greek athletes. The “play of muscles”
in the construction can be observed in abounding sunlight, whereas in our
Medieval churches the upper side of the stellar vaulting is concealed under a
saddleback roof, in... more ...
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